Colorado plans new bids after withdrawing Maverix’s proposed $103 million broadband award

The Colorado Broadband Office plans to work with federal partners on new bids for locations assigned to Maverix Broadband, following the September 2026 withdrawal of the company’s provisional federal broadband award. The office’s September 2025 legislative briefing listed Maverix for 10,232 broadband-serviceable locations and $103,018,133 in proposed funding. Fierce Network reported the withdrawal and the planned competitive rebid.

For households and businesses at the affected locations, the replacement selection will determine which provider receives a funded opportunity to extend service. It does not yet establish when a connection will be available. The 10,232 figure counts planned serviceable locations, not customers connected by the proposed award; the $103,018,133 was proposed support, not money already paid under that award.

The earlier grants are a separate dispute

Colorado’s 2025 awards announcement described its selections as proposed. According to the office’s account reported by Fierce Network, the withdrawn Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funding had not been disbursed. That distinction matters because the office’s dispute with Maverix also concerns grants from earlier programs.

The broadband office said it froze payments and began steps to terminate six active Maverix grants, according to Fierce Network. The office alleged improper payments under those grants and estimated it would seek to recover $3.2 million. Those are the agency’s claims; the cited account does not establish that the money has been recovered or that all six terminations are complete.

Maverix co-founder David Lindauer disputed the findings in their entirety and said the company was preparing a written response, Fierce Network reported. The cited reporting does not establish that a response has since been filed or that the spending dispute has been adjudicated.

The office’s 2025 briefing also described customers connected through a Maverix project in Kiowa and Elizabeth. That historical account concerns an earlier project. Neither the proposed-award withdrawal nor the cited reporting establishes that existing customers lost service.

What remains undecided

The reported rebid plan names no replacement provider and supplies no solicitation date, revised award amount or service timetable. Prospective bidders and affected locations therefore lack the terms needed to assess the next funded buildout. The next document to watch is the rebid notice: it should establish which locations are offered, when applications are due and what funding is available.